RSA question

Jiann-Ming Su js1 at js1.org
Sat Jan 22 02:17:12 EST 2000


On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Markus Friedl wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 12:22:48AM -0500, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> > This may be a FAQ, but wouldn't SSH be more secure if the user can only
> > log in if the server has the client's ssh_host_key.pub in its 
> > ssh_known_hosts file AND the user has his identity.pub from his
> > client computer in the authorized_keys on the server?  This
> > would require two keys to be able to log in.  I thought this
> 
> no, this is not possible with SSH, it's not defined in the protocol,
> you cannot do both. -markus
> 

Ok, then I ask, would it not be desireable to be able to do both?

Jiann-Ming Su
js1 at js1.org






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